Material Design and new developer tools come to Chrome 59

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Google has started to push out updates to the latest version of its web browser -- Chrome 59 for Windows, Linux and macOS. The update includes a number of important security fixes, but also sees the arrival of Google's Material Design on the desktop.

The Material look is one that will be very familiar to Android users, as well as anyone who uses Google's various online services. But Google is not quite ready to give its desktop browser a full makeover yet.

Chrome 59.0.3071.86 is now rolling out on the Stable channel and the promised Material Design is not immediately apparent. This is because rather than being a program-wide makeover, Material has only been applied to Settings.

The latest version of the browser now supports native macOS notification, as well as "headless Chrome" mode in macOS and Linux. New developer tools include emulation of URL blocking, full page screen capture, and a Coverage tool to see what CSS and JavaScript is in use.

Full details of the security updates can be found in the Chrome 59 changelog.

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